Imagine That You Have Just Flunked a Class

question 171

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you have just flunked a class. You evaluate this situation and decide that flunking a class is stressful and important enough to be upset about. Next you decide to repeat the class in summer school. You have made __________

• A) a primary appraisal only.
• B) both a primary and a secondary appraisal.
• C) a stress-related decision.
• D) a hassle-related decision.

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Definitions:

Anesthetics

Anesthetics are substances used to induce anesthesia, a state of temporary induced loss of sensation or awareness, typically to perform surgical procedures.

Labor

The process of childbirth, from the onset of contractions leading to dilation of the cervix and ending with the delivery of the baby and placenta, or a term referring to work, especially manual work.

Pronatalism

The ideology or belief that promotes having children and regards childbearing and parenting as desirable for individuals and society.

Ideology

A system of ideas, beliefs, and values that defines the way a society looks at the world and operates within it.